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A Quintessentially Feminine Domain? Student Teachers' Constructions of Primary Teaching as a Career.
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Carrington, Bruce – Educational Studies, 2002
Presents the findings of a survey done in England and Wales on gender differences in graduate students' image of primary teaching as a career. Focuses on the perceptions of men planning to work with younger children and older children respectively. Includes references. (CMK)
Descriptors: British Infant Schools, Educational Research, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries
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Foot, Hugh; Barron, Anne-Marie – Educational Studies, 1990
Examines the impact of friendship on the process and outcome of peer-tutoring in a study involving 90 Welsh 8- to 9-year-old children. Finds peer-tutors have difficulty coordinating the demands of tutoring tasks because of their limited cognitive resources. Also finds friendship imposes greater burdens on children's limited resources. (NL)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cooperative Learning, Educational Research, Elementary Education